I recently started getting into Tensorflow, but i'm having issues with the install. Everytime I try to import it I get the following error
>>> import tensorflow as tf
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\Users\[user]\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python36\lib\site-packages\tensorflow\python\pywrap_tensorflow_internal.py", line 14, in swig_import_helper
return importlib.import_module(mname)
File "C:\Users\[user]\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python36\lib\importlib\__init__.py", line 126, in import_module
return _bootstrap._gcd_import(name[level:], package, level)
File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 994, in _gcd_import
File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 971, in _find_and_load
File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 955, in _find_and_load_unlocked
File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 658, in _load_unlocked
File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 571, in module_from_spec
File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap_external>", line 922, in create_module
File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 219, in _call_with_frames_removed
ImportError: DLL load failed: A dynamic link library (DLL) initialization routine failed.
During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\Users\[user]\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python36\lib\site-packages\tensorflow\python\pywrap_tensorflow.py", line 58, in <module>
from tensorflow.python.pywrap_tensorflow_internal import *
File "C:\Users\[user]\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python36\lib\site-packages\tensorflow\python\pywrap_tensorflow_internal.py", line 17, in <module>
_pywrap_tensorflow_internal = swig_import_helper()
File "C:\Users\[user]\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python36\lib\site-packages\tensorflow\python\pywrap_tensorflow_internal.py", line 16, in swig_import_helper
return importlib.import_module('_pywrap_tensorflow_internal')
File "C:\Users\[user]\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python36\lib\importlib\__init__.py", line 126, in import_module
return _bootstrap._gcd_import(name[level:], package, level)
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named '_pywrap_tensorflow_internal'
During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
File "C:\Users\[user]\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python36\lib\site-packages\tensorflow\__init__.py", line 24, in <module>
from tensorflow.python import pywrap_tensorflow # pylint: disable=unused-import
File "C:\Users\[user]\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python36\lib\site-packages\tensorflow\python\__init__.py", line 49, in <module>
from tensorflow.python import pywrap_tensorflow
File "C:\Users\[user]\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python36\lib\site-packages\tensorflow\python\pywrap_tensorflow.py", line 74, in <module>
raise ImportError(msg)
ImportError: Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\Users\[user]\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python36\lib\site-packages\tensorflow\python\pywrap_tensorflow_internal.py", line 14, in swig_import_helper
return importlib.import_module(mname)
File "C:\Users\[user]\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python36\lib\importlib\__init__.py", line 126, in import_module
return _bootstrap._gcd_import(name[level:], package, level)
File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 994, in _gcd_import
File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 971, in _find_and_load
File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 955, in _find_and_load_unlocked
File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 658, in _load_unlocked
File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 571, in module_from_spec
File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap_external>", line 922, in create_module
File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 219, in _call_with_frames_removed
ImportError: DLL load failed: A dynamic link library (DLL) initialization routine failed.
During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\Users\[user]\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python36\lib\site-packages\tensorflow\python\pywrap_tensorflow.py", line 58, in <module>
from tensorflow.python.pywrap_tensorflow_internal import *
File "C:\Users\[user]\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python36\lib\site-packages\tensorflow\python\pywrap_tensorflow_internal.py", line 17, in <module>
_pywrap_tensorflow_internal = swig_import_helper()
File "C:\Users\[user]\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python36\lib\site-packages\tensorflow\python\pywrap_tensorflow_internal.py", line 16, in swig_import_helper
return importlib.import_module('_pywrap_tensorflow_internal')
File "C:\Users\[user]\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python36\lib\importlib\__init__.py", line 126, in import_module
return _bootstrap._gcd_import(name[level:], package, level)
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named '_pywrap_tensorflow_internal'
Failed to load the native TensorFlow runtime.
I looked at other stack overflow posts that were having the same problem as me, and they suggested getting the CUDA libraries from NVIDIA. The problem is, I have neither a NVIDIA graphics card nor the GPU version of tensorflow, so I don't think that's the issue. There were also suggestions to make sure the Microsoft redistributables for visual studio are installed, which they are.
If this is a system variable based problem, I'd appreciate help with changing system variables as I'm new to doing that. Thank you!
Some System Info:
Based on the information on the Tensorflow website, Tensorflow with GPU support requires a cuDNN version of 8.0. 4. In order to download CuDNN, you have to register to become a member of the NVIDIA Developer Program (which is free).
Installing tensorflow without CUDA is just for getting started quickly. But after you want to get serious with tensorflow, you should install CUDA yourself so that multiple tensorflow environments can reuse the same CUDA installation and it allows you to install latest tensorflow version like tensorflow 2.0.
What is the difference between cuDNN and CUDA? The cuDNN library is a library optimized for CUDA containing GPU implementations. Think of cuDNN as a library for Deep Learning using CUDA and CUDA as a way to talk to the GPU.
@user1735003 figured it out. I unistalled the latest version of tensorflow
pip uninstall tensorflow
and then installed tensorflow 1.5
pip install tensorflow==1.5
then I verified the installation worked with the script
import tensorflow as tf
hello = tf.constant('Hello, TensorFlow!')
sess = tf.Session()
print(sess.run(hello))
I got the correct output
Hello, TensorFlow!
My guess is that you are trying to use TF >= 1.6, because your CPU is rather old and does not support AVX instructions. Indeed from 1.6 on, tensorflow pre-built binaries use AVX instructions.
Currently your options are either to:
conda install
on Windows seem not to be built with AVX support, although I could not find this information anywhere and therefore cannot tell if this is intentional and how long that will be the case.conda-forge
(which used to be the main conda tensorflow provider before it has been available on the main channel) on the other hand are built with AVX support.If you love us? You can donate to us via Paypal or buy me a coffee so we can maintain and grow! Thank you!
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